Born In The U.S.A.

The boss

This is the first album I listened to as on a c.d.! My friend and I used to listen to it over and over!

Pues chido, pero no mucho de mi agrado. Cool la vibra rodeo y algunas partes de guitarras entretenidas y por ahi unos que otros saxs que le dan un toque chido. Creo que la que más me gustó fue Cover Me.

Big, commercial Boomer rock. I finally listened to this album all the way through, and I never have to again. Still, can't knock it too hard - it's got "I'm on Fire" and "Dancin' in the Dark."

4

Classic of classics. Still relevant, still magnificent rock anthems

I was not in fact born in the U.S.A. Think this album was alright, except for the focus on wanting to get with young girls and asking if their dad was around...that shit was weird. Might have to get Chris Hansen on the next project. On a more serious note I think a lot of this album is for a targeted demo and I'm just not that. It does a lot of story telling about experiences that said demo would go through (idk Im guessing, again I'm not said demo). And because of that being the style and the content I'm just not going to connect with much of it. There were some Jammers though, Favourite tracks: Born in the USA, I'm Goin' Down, and Glory Days (which surprisingly had some depth to it and prlly was the track I could "understand" the best)

It was fine. It evoked a very specific feeling.

Muy suyo. Puro rock suave con mayúsculas

“Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen (1984) With appealing performances by the E Street Band—heavy driving rhythms, memorable grooves, tasteful background vocals, this is music that rocks. It’s an ironically excellent invitation to a stadium concert. Max Weinberg’s drumming is so good, strong, and consistent on the backbeat that after listening, I’d be willing to pitch in to buy him another snare head. Musically, while these tracks lack variety, they are uniformly powerful. Melodies are attractive, if somewhat predictable. “I’m on Fire” is a refreshing departure, punctuating the rock with somber folk. Nice. Springsteen’s lyrics tell vivid first-person stories, depicting working class characters who are alternatively lamenting or celebrating circumstances that are readily understandable to a wide audience. Evocative of thoughtful reflections of the listener’s younger years, whether near or distant. “Dancing in the Dark” is powerfully introspective, clearly the most poetically effective song in the collection. And “My Hometown” provides a sensibly easy closing track. Lead vocals cry out on track after track, as if Springsteen is very much aware of his relatively unidimensional attack and timbre (Again, “I’m on Fire” is a colorful exception—I’m sure I’m in the minority here, but I think this track is the highlight of the album). This album will undoubtedly remain a standard of the era. 4/5

Booooooringgggg

Supreme

I think the non-singles on this album are all fairly weak even if they are catchy as hell. The singles, however, are all-timers. I'm on fire is probably my second favorite Bruce track.

Why are you yelling? You’re hurting my ears. His voice is not appealing. He’s flat all the time. All his melodies sound the same.

Meh

no me va

Yo creo que cuando menos me cae mal Estados Unidos (el concepto?) es cuando sus músicos, cineastas, entertainers pues, toman la delantera. Este disco me emociona mucho, me hace creer en los gringos (?). La voz de Bruce me gusta bastante y acá creo que todo tiene un espíritu rockero, pero al tiempo se siente que ya hay una voluntad pop, o sea que todo mundo pueda escucharlo y sentirse a gusto; no sé cómo más explicarlo. Me gusta el hitazo "Born in the U.S.A.", "Darlington County" tiene mucho espíritu gringo igual y las otras favs "I'm On Fire", "I'm Goin' Down" y "Dancing in the Dark". 10/10

Re-listening for the generator (4 or 5 times). Pop-accessible rock at an apotheosis. Bruce and the E Street Band bat a thousand here. Down your drink whenever Clarence Clemons brings the house down. - “Born in the U.S.A.”, one of the famously misunderstood songs, blaring its chorus to obfuscate its restless subversion to the inattentive listener as the protagonist laments losing brothers at Khe Sanh and returning from hellacious Vietnam to find he’s been cast aside back home. - Bruce searches for a ride-or-die lady to back him up on “Cover Me”, followed by a sneaky favorite one-two combo in “Darlington County” and “Working on the Highway”, a little c’est la vie levity driving south down the coast before the album makes another emotional turn south. - The turn south is taken on the ode to loss “Downbound Train” and the electrically charged ode to lust “I’m on Fire” before a fiery defiance is gained on “No Surrender”, and discarded on the halfway-lamentation “Bobby Jean” discussing an old friend pulling an Irish exit. - Finally, the album points north to open the third act with an amazingly peppy look at a failing relationship and a protagonist crashing and burning when attempting to make moves on his partner, “I’m Goin’ Down”. Hey, maybe he should try that! - We’ve all got ‘em, and the E Streeters converge to describe a universal experience in “Glory Days”, jaw-jackin about the good old days. Hopefully the real glory days are yet to come; in the immortal words of Tony Soprano “‘remember when’ is the lowest form of conversation’”. - The synthesizer’s finest hour: “Dancing in the Dark”. One of my all-time favorites, the unshakeable rhythm never ceases to please, and the relentlessly relatable lyrics never fail to get a rueful yet defiant grin outta me. - We close with the meditative “My Hometown”, another set of unfortunately relatable lyrics. The author roams around his hometown, both as a son and as a father, pondering the neighborhood through trials and tribulations. (This author's hometown was permanently wounded by 90's American gov't budget cuts, from which it has settled into a slow decline. A particularly poignant closer.) Hell of an album here. Springsteen and the E Street Band take you on a joyride that feels like it’s 40/60 joy/ride relentlessly cruising down the freeway, down the boulevard, down the block; contemplating our perpetual restlessness with the windows rolled down, roaming about our territory observing a boisterously observant, seasonably warm Fourth of July. 10/10

Bruce solid as always

Excellent album j’ai adore. 4.90

Never been a big fan but in giving it another shot I liked some of the songs that weren't his more popular ones. This album may have been peak Springsteen but it's not his best work IMO. His more recent stuff (last two albums) are actually quite good.

I know this is an iconic album and all, but I just can't get into Springsteen. There were some good songs, but overall this was just okay.

Definitely made for a specific audience, which is not me. Some tracks actually made me laugh. The back half of the album shows a little more artistry, though, and I enjoyed a couple tunes.

Springsteen has better albums than Born in the USA, but I don't know if he has a better collection of songs. What it might lack in cohesiveness or consistent tone, it more than makes up for in the fact that every single track is a classic. You could pick which songs would be the singles just by throwing darts at the tracklist. There is no filler, no song that you want to skip, just 45 straight minutes of beautiful music.

I truly disliked this. There is no musicality and it’s basically him yelling throughout most of the album.

Meh

Country music disguised as pop

Very nice

c

I haven't listened to a great deal of album Springsteen - obviously a few of these songs have become massive cultural icons, so I've heard them a lot. Really enjoyed listening to the whole thing. Can definitely see why it was so massive. Quite a bit of it had a Dexys Midnight Runners vibe, which I liked. Fave track "I'm on Fire" - although "Dancing in the Dark" is a great karaoke tune...

Dancing in the Dark brings this up to a 3. Otherwise its just not really my cuppa tea

3

Never my favorite, but not bad

Good, couple banger tracks. Nostalgic sound

This album had a time and place. It’s place is no longer on my playlists or shelf. Patriotism is hard

solid riffs and progression, lyrics initially unimpressive but understanding the context makes it better

I didn't love this album, but I found it okay to listen to. I'm not going to download it, but I didn't mind listening to it.

So many classic jams on this album.

I can't help but feel like Bruce is a bit cheesy, maybe it is just how much his songs are played. Still, I can't deny this album 5 stars. There are at least 5 epic songs on here.

Summer classic baby

One of the all-time greats! I only pick 4 because 3-4 other Bruce albums are 5s in my book and this one doesn't quite stack up for me.

NOPE

I had more respect for Bruce before listening to this. He's an okay songwriter and an awful musician. This sounds like music that was made for children.

Great songwriter but it's not for me.

Clássico

I liked this Springsteen album way more than the previous. This one was way more entertaining.

apesar do imperialismo norte americano.......

This still hasn’t convinced me that Bruce Springsteen can sing, but I can appreciate that Americans and especially those from his era would really like his storytelling. The sax in the songs is fantastic.

Classic Bruce

My kinda Music and I know people like him but not top tier imo

80's pop/rock. I don't think it's that interesting.

It is what it is

Pretty good! Obviously like the famous songs most but surprised how many I knew.

Has it ups... but not the hugest Springsteen fan.

One of his best albums. But most albums are OK.

Some really good songs, some that I always felt we're overrated. Still a decent album.

Packed with classics. The title track, I'm on fire, no surrender, glory days, dancing in the dark, my hometown. One or two weaker tracks but overall brilliant

It was OK. I really only like born in the USA and that’s about it. Not really my style

Not jiving with this at all - the compositions are repetitive and at times cheesy due to overusage of the 80s synth sound. Narratives are a bit lifeless.

BRUUUCCEEEE

7/10

A classic!

Epic

There are some iconic songs on here, and after listening I have a new appreciation for his lyrics and themes. It's undeniably a great album. Unfortunately I find his style a bit grating and it's not something I have a huge desire to listen to again.

Bekannt, im wesentlichen. Im Nachhinein handelt es sich bei der Instrumentierung dieses Albums um eine schwer verständliche Unsitte. Die Songs haben die weichspülenden Keyboards schlicht nicht nötig, das Ergebnis wäre auch mit Gitarren oder anderen Saiten-Instrumenten erreichbar gewesen. Die Platte ist relativ gut gealtert und enthält einige Springsteen-Evergreens. Schlechte 3 Sterne.

It’s good. Reminds me of the Office

Classic American vibes. Good shit on inauguration day

Als Zeitdokument interessant, als Musik eher weniger mein Fall

Overrated

I feel like a 60-year-old dad and it's great. Born in the USA is a classic, but a little too worn for me. I'm on Fire was Still nice, and refreshingly relaxed. The whole album is a fucking vibe I don't know what to say. I don't think it does anything particularly special, it just does everything well. No surrender/Glory Days are probably my favorites. Not perfect, but enjoyable as all hell, will be revisiting this, 7/8.

cool

some great classics, not so sure on the tracks I had never heard, these are sad songs dressed up kinda poppy and happy which is wierd

Great album, timeless, love it.

Perfection.

3.5 rating

Meh 1.5/5

Tycker den här skivan är bra. Har aldrig riktigt lyssnat på Bruce innan. Den tidigare skivan som var med var lite för 'rough around the edges' för min smak. Men här tycker jag det flyger mycket bättre.

Look, it’s not his best work. A couple duds (Darlington County, Working on the Highway), but it’s The Boss. Some of his best, most high profile tunes show up on this thing.

boss

The boss! So good

nice, and for every idiot that reads this, born in the usa is not a mindless patriotic song. "Cover me" surprisingly nice song

Rock Singer/songwriter, legendarisk, amerikansk, fortællende

Billy Joel’s country cousin, better than I thought but still not a fan

I'm from Jersey, so I'm legally obligated to give this a 5. (Kidding.) Aside from the somewhat cheesy, dated production, this is a great batch of songs. Tracks like "No Surrender" and "Dancing In the Dark" are classics, and even got me singing along. Favorite tracks: "No Surrender", "Bobby Jean", "Glory Days"

The instruments are certainly dated. Even Bruce's voice goes that way, though it is emblematic of overall endearing effect of the sounds. The palette of American symbols produces an iconographic atmosphere, and certain ones - the prisons and refineries - are unfortunately timeless. The cover controversy is evocative of a strange kind of patriotism, but is also a reminder that the album is easy to play at a party. Very few misses on the tracklist. "They don't make music like this anymore" except, perhaps, one of my favorite 2019 releases.

Another that wasn't really my style. Springsteen really does have a way with story telling, and it might be one that grows on me. Top picks were I'm On Fire and Dancing In The Dark.

no surrender glee cast version x

Don't mind the fucken boss

Better than I thought it would be